Flow dispensing advertising display for bottles



A. C. GAYNOR March 1, 1938.

FLOW DISPENSING ADVERTISING DISPLAY FOR BOTTLES Filed April 30, 1936 INVENTO 5'ay270r.

ATTORN EY.

Patented Mar. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES FLOW DISPENSING ADVERTISING DISPLAY FOR BOTTLES Arthur C. Gaynor, Stratford; Conn, assignor, by mesne assignments, to John J. Dilly New York, N. Y.

Application April 30, 1336, Serial No. 77,143

13 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improvement in bottle stopper pouring devices and has for its particular object the provision of a beverage bottle stopper having a liquid pouring spout and a venting means, the latter being constructed to perform the added function of acting as an advertising display support frame.

'A further object is in the provision of means whereby certain forms of advertising panels may be attached by novel means, and held in operative, but substantially non-removable and nonmovable display position.

Other features of simplicity and novelty of structure will be apprehended as the herein structure is disclosed in detail, and it will be obvious that modifications may be made in the structure herein without departing from the spirit hereof or the scope of the appended claims.

The present device is somewhat similar in function to the devices disclosed in pending U. S. applications filed in the name of Leon R. Paul bearing the serial numbers, titles and filing dates as follows-Pouring display means for liquid containers, Serial No. 19,053, filed April 30th, 1935; Liquid dispensing device for bottles, Serial No. 20,121, filed May 7th, 1935, and Swivel sign pouring closure, Serial No. 22,540, filed May 21st, 1935.

The present improvement, however, discloses structural features and novelty over the above noted applications, while functioning the same.

In the drawing,

Fig. l is a side view in elevation of the pres-.

ent device;

Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation, with a portion broken away;

.Fig. 3 is a rear View of one of the advertising display discs before assembly to the pouring 4 device frame with the disc locking means therein;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line -'i-4, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is an assembled view of the disc lock in end elavation;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6, Fig. 5, looking in the direction. of the arrows;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged fragmentary, sectional View, taken on the line 'I--! of Fig, 1, looking in either direction, with the frame portion removed;

Fig. 8 is a still larger fragmentary sectional view, similar to Fig. 7, but with the frame portion in operative'assembly with two opposed advertising discs;

. Fig. 9 isa view in elevation, of the assembly of another form of advertising discs;

Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view of the discs of Fig. 9; I

Fig. .11 is an enlarged,v transverse sectional view of the cooperating parts of the display means, taken on the line IIII, Fig. 3, in the act of being assembled in locked operative po- 1 sition; and Figs. 12, 13, and 14 are side, front and plan views of the clapper, respectively.

As in Fig. 1, the completely assembled pouring and display device, generally denoted by I,

comprises a cork 8, having adjacent orifices lon- 1 gitudinally cut therein, to receive therein a bent pouring spout I, which has a gravity actuated closure flap, 2, hinged at c, the other orifice being adapted to receive therein a venting tube extension 4, which extends a suitable distance below the'shorter end of the pouring tube I, as viewedrin Fig. 1.

Thereis also provided a metallic formed cap 5, through which the tubes I and 4 pass and to which the saidtubes are held in operative relation by soldering or being press-in fitted. The 7 cap acts as a recessed cover for the top of the cork 8.

The upper end of the vent tube 4, which exstraight for a short distance above the cap as at d, and then is bent into a circle 3, with its cut, open end terminating near the straight portion d.- The circular portion 3, where it contacts with the cap .6, as at 5, may be soldered, later, to insure rigidity of the connecting parts. As thus described the circular extension 3 of the vent tubeA, becomes an encircling frame into which may be movably or non-movably fitted various forms of advertising display discs, or devices, some of which will be later described.

'Thestructure of the vent tube 3-4, as. previously noted permits of a dual function, in that it acts as a vent to the bottle to which it is affixed, and also forms a firm, rigid frame for display device support. The circular form of the frame holding portion 3 with its low, concealed, open vent end e, Fig. 1, protects said end e from becoming clogged, due to its protected position, andgives ready access to air inflow, as required.

There are numerous forms of buttons, discs or devices which may be adaptably fitted to the circular vent frame ring 3, and two of the preferred forms areherein shown and are now described. i

The display device shown in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, comprises a button somewhat in the form of the well known, so-called campaign buttons and is constructed, Fig. 7, of two of these buttons combined upon a co-interlocking resilient spider assembly. This assembly comprises two U-shaped spring metal spiders l-l0, Figs. -6, made of flat metal, the bottom of the U-portions being flat and bearing, normally upon each other, at a, to form cooperating fulcrums. The upstanding, flaring arms of the two U-shaped members lQiEl are provided at their extremities with notches, thereby forming detents or prongs II and I2, upon the upper spider half, as viewed in Figs. 4, 6, and 7, and also forming detents or prongs I3-l3 upon the lower spider. half. The prongs I3-l3 and the notches therebetween are of equal length, while the prongs I 2 and their associate notches are of equal length, the opposing prongs Hl I on the upper spider half are shorter than prongs l2-I2.

The buttons, as previously noted, are set up in assembly in opposed pairs, and these are so mounted that their inner hollow faces and beaded edges are set into the vent ring 3, Fig. 8, and by means of the spiders Ill-l0, are caught together and held in firm contact in the ring, as will now be described.

As in Fig. 7, each button comprises an inner, curled metallic ring bezel l5, over which is drawn an outer crowned metallic shell IS, the shell being coated or covered on its outside with a celluloid covering 11, upon the surface of which the printed display matter may be impressed. The coating [1 usually in sheet form is blanked out by a die, and the sheet may then be cemented on the disc or shell I 6, with the ends of the sheet coating bound over and under the circular edge of the shell 16, and then the shell is curled at its outer perimeter as at l8, Fig. 7, this curling being done over the outer edges of the circular bezel l5, thus holding the bezel and shell together, and. clamping the overturned edge of the outer coating I! between them, as at f, Fig. 7.

The inner edges 28-20 of the circular bezel l5, Fig. '7, form locking means to coact with the spidersv ill-l0, so that each display button is locked to each other and the vent ring 3 as in Fig. 8, as will now be described.

The spider halves, Ill-J0, are assembled into one of the buttons, as in Fig. 4, by hooking, first, the prongs 12, of the upper spider under the inturned edge 20 of the bezel l5, and then one set of the prongs |3l3 of the lower spider are caught under the edge 20 of the bezel. This will leave the spider halves extending outwardly at an angle, as shown dotted at b, Fig. 4. Then the two halves Iii-40, are pushed inwardly towards the interior of the button, until they snap into the engaging position, shown in Fig. 11. In carrying out the introduction of the spiders into the first step above, the engagement of the spiders may be facilitated if one of them is pinched together as indicated by the dotted lines at h, Fig. 3, thereafter, the arms will spring out to the full line position shown, due to the resiliency of the spider member.

The second opposing cooperating display button may then be assembled to the spider in operative position in the first button, Fig. 11, by hooking the lower exposed prongs I3 in contact under the edge 23 of the bezel ring l5, and then, by squeezing or pressing the upper end of the second button from its angular position in Fig. 11, thus forcing the bezel to spring outwardly, slightly, and

thus snapping the button over the shorter prongs ll of the upper spider, leaving the two buttons firmly hooked together by their internal flange structures to the prongs of the spiders, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The printed display matter of the opposing buttons are then coordinated to bring them into registered display position, by twisting one or the other on its axis in the spider lock, and then the combined button assembly is ready for as sembly to the pouring and venting structure.

The circular vent frame 3, in bending it into a circle, is purposely deformed slightly, as indicated at 22, Fig. 8, in that during the curling operation the tubular cross section, exteriorly, is changed from a cylindrical contour, to a slightly pointed shape, transversely, by forming two flat faces n-n on the interior face of the circular vent tube, these being inwardly angled toward each other and terminate in an interior apex 22. Thus the interior perimeter of the vent ring 3 is provided with angled flat faces to contact with the assembled buttons in the V-like seat formed therebetween, as fully shown in Fig. 8.

As described, the button display is ready for assembly to the vent frame 3, and this is accomplished, preferably before the vent ring is soldered to the cap 6, at 5, Fig. 1, as previously noted.

An elastic rubber band 23, is first snapped into the V-seat between the buttons, as in Fig. 8, and then the buttons, with their display matter in proper alignment for horizontal positioning in the vent frame 3, are snapped into position in vent frame 3 and then the vent frame is spotsolderedas at 5, Fig. l.

The elastic band 23 prevents the rotation of the buttons, after their final assembly into the vent frame 3, thereby acting as an efllcient brake against rotation of the buttons in the frame 3, and maintaining the reading and display matter thereon in constant reading alinement when the bottle mounting the same is in normal vertical position.

The buttons, afiixed to each other as described, are obviously so firmly coassembled, as to be nonseparable, except by destroying them.

In Figs. 9 and 10 are shown a simpler form of display means, comprising two discs 2424, having outflaring perimeters 2626, to form a V- seat to engage the vent-frame 3, shown dotted, the discs being afiixed in face to face contact by some suitable means, such as an eyelet 25. The exposed faces of these discs may carry display matter thereon, as described for the button structure.

The gravity actuated closing flapper 2, as attached to the pouring end of the spout of flow tube l, comprises a circular disk, made of flat material, Figs. 12, 13, and 14, and is provided with an offset hinge forming prong C extending angularly from the edge thereof. This prong, before assembly to the pouring spout l, is partially curled as at C, Fig. 13, said prong being then hooked into a small slit in the spout of the flow tube, near its terminal end as at Fig. 1, and then the prong is curled until it forms a closed loop, shown dotted in Figs. 1 and 13. Thus the closing flapper 2, hingedly supported, opens and closes by gravity when the pouring device is in operative position in a bottle during the liquid dispensing operation.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is:

1. A fluid dispensing device, comprising in combination, a cork; a flow tube extending through and upwardly of said cork; a single vent tube in said cork of a length greater than said flow tube and extending above and below said cork; the end below said cork being parallel to said flow tube and cork; the upper end thereof being formed into a substantially complete circle and an advertising display device clamped and supported by the circular portion of the vent tube.

2. A fluid dispensing device, comprising in combination, a cork; a flow tube extending through and upwardly of said cork; a single vent tube in said cork of a length greater than said flow tube and extending above and below said cork; the end below said cork being parallel to said flow tube and cork; the upper end thereof being formed into an open ended circle and an advertising display device having a recessed perimeter clampably supported entirely by the circular portion of the single vent tube.

3. An advertising display means for a pouring cork of the class described comprising a pair of drawn shell buttons having interior, curved and edged bezels and a resilient, locking spider having plural opposed prongs on the outer ends thereof, said prongs being adapted to engage the edges of said bezels when the buttons are mounted with their respective bezels in contact, thereby to lock said bezels together in advertising display engagement.

4. An advertising display means for a pouring cork of the class described comprising a pair of drawn shell buttons each having interior, curved and edged bezels and a two part U-shaped, resilient, locking spider having plural opposed prongs on the outer ends thereof, said prongs being adapted to engage the inner edges of said bezels when the buttons are mounted with their respective bezels in contact, thereby to lock said bezels together in advertising display position.

5. An advertising display means for-a pouring cork of the class described comprising a pair of drawn shell buttons having interior, curved and edged bezels and a two part resilient, looking spider having plural opposed prongs on the outer ends thereof, said prongs being adapted to engage the inner edges of said bezels when the buttons are mounted with their respective bezels in contact, thereby to lock said bezels together in advertising display position, some of said prongs being of different length than others of said prongs, as and for the purpose described.

6. An advertising display means for a pouring cork of the class described having an advertising button display embracing means, comprising a pair of drawn shell buttons each having interior, curved and edged bezels and a two part U-shaped, resilient, locking spider having plural opposed prongs on the outer ends thereof, said prongs being adapted to engage the inner edges of said bezels when the buttons are mounted with their respective bezels in contact, thereby to lock said bezels together in advertising display position with a recess therebetween, and means in said recess for preventing rotary movement of the display means in said frame.

7. A dispensing device comprising a stopper having a cap; a flow tube extending through and upwardly of the stopper and cap; a vent tube comprising a single continuous laterally closed tube extending above, through and below the stopper and intermediately secured to the cap and having open ends; the upper part of the tube being curved to form an approximately annular portion and having its outer end portion secured to the cap and its outer end disposed adjacent to a part of the vent tube near the cap; and a display disk having a peripheral groove receiving said annular portion, whereby the disk is entirely supported by the vent tube and the vent tube constitutes the entire supporting means of the disk; said disk, said outer end portion and said adjacent part serving to protect said outer end.

8. In combination with a fluid dispensing de' 9. In combination with a dispensing device for bottles comprising a closure having therein an outer flow tube, a vent tube extending through the closure and having a portion including an air intake end forming a circular frame on one side of the flow tube, opposed display discs of slightly greater diameter than the opening of said frame, said discs having cross sectionally rounded circumferential marginal portions resting against the sides of said' frame around its opening, and internally disposed means holding said discs in position and concealed thereby.

10. An organization according to claim 9, wherein the tubular frame is provided with opposed fiat side parts so as to form seats for the disc peripheries thereat.

11. In combination with a fluid dispensing device comprising a bottle stopper having a flow tube, a vent tube projecting outwardly from the closure and forming a ring frame having an air intake opening, opposed display discs including compound peripheries comprising inner contracted portions, extended portions engaging the sides of said frame, and resilient means disposed between the discs and grippingly holding said inner portions.

12. In combination with a bottle stopper, having a pouring tube, a Venting device having a tube passing through the closure and forming an outer ring frame, said frame having an open end; opposed display discs having compound circumferential peripheries comprising extended portions having parts thereof turned inwardly and resting against side portions of the frame; separate bezel members of arcuate cross section having outer circular portions engaged against the inner faces of said inwardly turned parts, said members including outwardly turned inner edge faces and having their convex sides mutually engaged, and spring members of spider construction disposed between said discs and including opposed end detent prongs, said prongs being engaged against said edge faces in holding relation therewith.

13. The combination with a dispensing device for bottles comprising a stopper having therein pouring means and a vent tube, said tube having an outer portion forming a frame, of a double faced display button comprising two halves,bezel members grippingly cooperating with said halves at the margins thereof so as to provide a circumferential groove therebetween, said frame being disposed in the groove, and internally disposed means attaching said members.

ARTHUR C. GAYN OR. 

